2015 South American Beach Soccer Championship

The 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier, also commonly known as the 2015 South American Beach Soccer Championship, was the sixth Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for South America, held from April 19–26 at Playa del Murciélago, in Manta, Ecuador.^[1]

2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier

2015 South American Beach Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
City	Manta
Dates	19–26 April
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	268 (9.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" (12 goals)
Best player(s)	Segundo Moreira
Best goalkeeper	Ivan Fernández
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The qualifiers were not coordinated by CONMEBOL at the time. The event was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), under the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier title.^[2][3] CONMEBOL reported on the event under the title of South American Beach Soccer Championship.^[4][5] CONMEBOL eventually began organising the qualifiers in 2017, under a new title.

Brazil defeated Paraguay to be crowned champions, and both teams together with third place Argentina qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[6]

Participating teams and draw

A total of 10 teams entered the tournament. This was the first time in the history of the CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship that all ten CONMEBOL teams participated in the competition.^[7]

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador (hosts)
•  Paraguay
•  Peru
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

The draw of the tournament was held on 27 March 2015 at Luque.^[8] The 10 teams were drawn into two groups of five teams.

Group stage

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat.

Legend
The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals

All times are local, Ecuador Time (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	4	4	0	0	0	29	14	+15	12	Knockout stage
2	Ecuador (H)	4	3	0	0	1	16	18	−2	9
3	Chile	4	2	0	0	2	17	17	0	6	Classification stage (5th place)
4	Colombia	4	0	1	0	3	10	16	−6	2
5	Bolivia	4	0	0	0	4	10	17	−7	0	Classification stage (9th place)

Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host

Paraguay	5–4	Colombia
Orlando Zayas 8' Jesús Amado Rolón 13', 23' Juan López 30' Pedro Morán 32'	Report 1 Report 2	Jorge Andrés Saavedra Brache 6' Omar Julián Ortega González 11' Jorge Luis Cabrera Ropero 11' Camilo Ernesto González Hernández 14'

19 April 2015

14:15

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Bolivia	3–4	Ecuador
Pablo Alejandro Zapata Molina 1' Carlos Guardia Gutiérrez 23' Alan Enzo Aguilar Torrico 24'	Report 1 Report 2	Segundo Moreira 18' Cristian Gallegos 23', 30' Jorge Bailón 32'

19 April 2015

16:45

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

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Colombia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Bolivia
Camilo Ernesto González Hernández 38'	Report 1 Report 2

20 April 2015

14:15

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Paraguay	7–3	Chile
Pedro Morán 2', 27', 31' Juan López 3', 30' Sebastián Amarilla 11' Jesús Amado Rolón 25'	Report 1 Report 2	Arnold Hernán Durán Mancilla 2', 25' Victor Manuel Alejandro Belaunde Muñoz 33'

20 April 2015

16:45

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

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Chile	4–2	Bolivia
Victor Manuel Alejandro Belaunde Muñoz 21' Ignacio Javier Ponce Pizarro 21' Juan Roberto Barraza Pacheco 23' Cristian Medalla Esquer 33'	Report 1 Report 2	Pedro Luis López Moreno 19' Iver Eduardo Castedo 31'

21 April 2015

14:15

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Ecuador	5–2	Colombia
Hugo Ceballos 2' Cristian Gallegos 8' Segundo Moreira 16', 33' Virley Conforme 35'	Report 1 Report 2	Omar Julián Ortega González 21' Camilo Ernesto González Hernández 35'

21 April 2015

16:45

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

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Paraguay	8–5	Bolivia
Sebastián Amarilla 1' Roberto Acuña 1' Jesús Amado Rolón 10', 27' Juan López 13' Pedro Morán 16', 33' Orlando Zayas 21'	Report 1 Report 2	Carlos Guardia Gutiérrez 20' Berthy Alpire 21' Iver Eduardo Castedo 24' Pedro Luis López Moreno 27' Roberto Acuña 27' (o.g.)

22 April 2015

13:00

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Ecuador	5–4	Chile
Segundo Moreira 3', 34' Daniel Cedeño 20' Virley Conforme 29' Hugo Ceballos 36'	Report 1 Report 2	Alberto Andrés Echeverría Alegría 5', 24' Sergio Javier Argote Navarrete 21' Sebastián Bolívar 31'

22 April 2015

16:45

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

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Chile	6–3	Colombia
Diego Estay Lama 12' Victor Manuel Alejandro Belaunde Muñoz 13', 14' Alberto Andrés Echeverría Alegría 18', 23' Abel Valenzuela 34'	Report 1 Report 2	Sergio Javier Argote Navarrete 7' (o.g.) Marcos Henrique Prado León 24' Omar Julián Ortega González 29'

23 April 2015

14:15

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Ecuador	2–9	Paraguay
Jorge Bailón 4' Cristian Gallegos 33'	Report 1 Report 2	Pedro Morán 1', 27' Edgar Barreto 4' Jesús Amado Rolón 16', 27' Juan López 28' Marcos Benítez 33', 33', 34'

23 April 2015

16:45

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	3	0	0	1	26	14	+12	9	Knockout stage
2	Argentina	4	2	0	1	1	23	22	+1	7
3	Peru	4	2	0	0	2	24	21	+3	6	Classification stage (5th place)
4	Uruguay	4	2	0	0	2	17	21	−4	6
5	Venezuela	4	0	0	0	4	15	27	−12	0	Classification stage (9th place)

Source: CONMEBOL

Brazil	7–3	Peru
Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" 8', 33' Anderson Dias Lima 10' Rodrigo da Costa 13' Sidney Ribeiro Souto 16', 32' Gabriel Novaes de Moura 35'	Report 1 Report 2	Billyvardo Velezmoro Cortez 15' Sócrates Vidal Moscoso 27' Javier Zagaceta Isla 35'

19 April 2015

13:00

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Venezuela	6–7	Argentina
Kevin Camargo 2' Alexander Vaamonde 3', 7' Winder Muñoz 27' Antonio Ramírez 28' Francisco Landaeta 36'	Report 1 Report 2	Federico Hilaire 7' Jonathan Levi 8', 9' César Leguizamón 11' Rodrigo López 16' Luciano Sirico 25' Lucas Medero 34'

19 April 2015

15:30

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

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Peru	7–4	Venezuela
Javier Zagaceta Isla 1' Angelo Castro Gordillo 7' Andy Wladimir Moscoso Reyes 8' José Andrés Rey Sandoval 17' Enzon Delgado Martínez 18' Sócrates Vidal Moscoso 33' Billyvardo Velezmoro Cortez 36'	Report 1 Report 2	Francisco Landaeta 13' Alexander Vaamonde 24', 33' Alberto Rodríguez 29'

20 April 2015

13:00

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Brazil	6–3	Uruguay
Daniel Nogueira Lima 8' Gabriel Novaes de Moura 13' Bruno da Silva Xavier 14', 15' Rodrigo da Costa 27' Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" 32'	Report 1 Report 2	Martín Díaz 11' Matías Cabrera 15' Richard Catardo Olivera 32'

20 April 2015

15:30

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

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Uruguay	5–4	Venezuela
Matías Cabrera 4' Marcelo Capurro 9' Martín Díaz 15', 29' Richard Catardo Olivera 20'	Report 1 Report 2	Winder Muñoz 2', 15' Alberto Rodríguez 22' Kevin Camargo 25'

21 April 2015

13:00

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Argentina	6–6 (a.e.t.)	Peru
Federico Costas 8', 28' Lucas Medero 28', 31', 32' Luciano Sirico 38'	Report 1 Report 2	Javier Zagaceta Isla 1', 39' Yomar Pérez Panana 9', 26' Sócrates Vidal Moscoso 23', 35'
Penalties
Luciano Franceschini Lucas Medero	1–0	Javier Zagaceta Isla Angelo Castro Gordillo Sócrates Vidal Moscoso

21 April 2015

15:30

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

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Brazil	8–1	Venezuela
Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" 8' Mauricio Pereira Braz de Oliveira 10' Bruno da Silva Xavier 19', 21', 29' Gabriel Novaes de Moura 23' Daniel Nogueira Lima 26' Fernando Valença 29'	Report 1 Report 2	Alberto Rodríguez 13'

22 April 2015

14:15

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Argentina	3–5	Uruguay
Federico Costas 7' Lucas Medero 19' Jonathan Levi 30'	Report 1 Report 2	Gonzalo Rosa 12' Fabricio Vallarino 20' Matías Cabrera 27' Sarandi Sobral 32', 35'

22 April 2015

15:30

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

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Uruguay	4–8	Peru
Marcelo Capurro 11' Sarandi Sobral 31', 35' Gonzalo Rosa 33'	Report 1 Report 2	Billyvardo Velezmoro Cortez 3' Angelo Castro Gordillo 7', 17', 35' Javier Zagaceta Isla 17' Sócrates Vidal Moscoso 29', 36' Andy Wladimir Moscoso Reyes 32'

23 April 2015

13:00

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Argentina	7–5	Brazil
Lucas Medero 2', 25' César Leguizamón 19', 29' Federico Costas 25' Luciano Sirico 36' Santiago Hilaire 36'	Report 1 Report 2	Rodrigo da Costa 4', 7', 30' Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" 24' Mauricio Pereira Braz de Oliveira 34'

23 April 2015

15:30

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 April
	Brazil	14
					26 April
	Ecuador	1
					Brazil	8
	25 April
					Paraguay	3
	Paraguay	4
	Argentina	1
					Third place
					26 April
					Ecuador	4 (0)
					Argentina (p)	4 (1)

	Fifth Place Semi-finals				Fifth Place
	24 April
	Colombia	4
					26 April
	Peru (a.e.t.)	5
					Peru	2
	24 April
					Uruguay	3
	Chile	2
	Uruguay	5
					Seventh Place
					25 April
					Colombia	3
					Chile	9

					Ninth Place
					24 April
					Bolivia	5
					Venezuela	4

Fifth place semi-finals

Colombia	4–5 (a.e.t.)	Peru
Erich Emilio Moshamer Moreno 1', 28' Yeison Andrés Larrahondo Cortes 22' Jeisson Levid Sánchez Escobar 35'	Report 1 Report 2	José Andrés Rey Sandoval 15' Sócrates Vidal Moscoso 20' Angelo Castro Gordillo 28' Gustavo Acuña Vilela 31' Andy Wladimir Moscoso Reyes 38'

24 April 2015

15:30

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Chile	2–5	Uruguay
Alberto Andrés Echeverría Alegría 27' Sebastián Bolívar 32'	Report 1 Report 2	Marcelo Capurro 10' Matías Cabrera 26' Fabricio Vallarino 27' Sarandi Sobral 27' Gonzalo Rosa 32'

24 April 2015

16:45

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Semi-finals

Brazil	14–1	Ecuador
Fernando Valença 1', 4', 20' Sidney Ribeiro Souto 2' Daniel Nogueira Lima 10', 30' Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" 11', 28', 28' Mauricio Pereira Braz de Oliveira 14' Bruno da Silva Xavier 24' Gabriel Novaes de Moura 28', 29' Roberto Luis de Araújo "Betinho" 30'	Report 1 Report 2	José "Macula" Vera 24'

25 April 2015

15:30

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Paraguay	4–1	Argentina
Jesús Amado Rolón 2' Juan López 3' Pedro Morán 18' Marcos Benítez 24'	Report 1 Report 2	Santiago Hilaire 18'

25 April 2015

16:45

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Ninth place match

Bolivia	5–4	Venezuela
Pablo Alejandro Zapata Molina 11' Berthy Alpire 14' Julio César Zambrano 16' Robert Yimmi Guzmán 18' Pedro Luis López Moreno 34'	Report 1 Report 2	Winder Muñoz 8' Hector Muñoz 14', 22' Jonathan Moreno 19'

24 April 2015

14:15

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Seventh place match

Colombia	3–9	Chile
John Santiago Riascos Hurtado 3' Omar Julián Ortega González 6' Jorge Luis Cabrera Ropero 22'	Report 1 Report 2	Alberto Andrés Echeverría Alegría 4', 6' Victor Manuel Alejandro Belaunde Muñoz 5', 6', 34' Arnold Hernán Durán Mancilla 23' Cristian Medalla Esquer 28', 29' Pablo Alejandro Rodríguez Vega 34'

25 April 2015

14:15

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Fifth place match

Peru	2–3	Uruguay
Angelo Castro Gordillo 22', 24'	Report 1 Report 2	Fabricio Vallarino 12' Diego Pastoriza 21', 24'

26 April 2015

14:15

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Third place match

Ecuador	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Segundo Moreira 24', 32', 33' Virley Conforme 30'	Report 1 Report 2	Federico Costas 19', 25' Lucas Medero 19', 28'
Penalties
Jorge Bailón Segundo Moreira Virley Conforme	0–1	Lucas Medero Luciano Franceschini

26 April 2015

15:30

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Final

Brazil	8–3	Paraguay
Rodrigo da Costa 5' Bruno da Silva Xavier 8', 21' Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" 10', 19', 26', 28' Gabriel Novaes de Moura 16'	Report 1 Report 2	Pedro Morán 10' Edgar Barreto 21' Juan López 34'

26 April 2015

16:45

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Final ranking

Brazil's team celebrating winning the tournament.

Qualified for 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Paraguay
	Argentina
4	Ecuador
5	Uruguay
6	Peru
7	Chile
8	Colombia
9	Bolivia
10	Venezuela

Awards

Best Player (MVP)[6]	Top Scorer(s)[6]	Best Goalkeeper[6]
Segundo Moreira	Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha"	Ivan Fernández

Top goalscorers

12 goals

• Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha"

10 goals

• Pedro Morán

9 goals

• Lucas Medero

8 goals

• Bruno da Silva Xavier
• Segundo Moreira
• Jesús Amado Rolón

7 goals

• Victor Manuel Alejandro Belaunde Muñoz
• Alberto Andrés Echeverría Alegría
• Juan López
• Angelo Castro Gordillo
• Sócrates Vidal Moscoso